The Board denied service connection for chronic chest pain, right arm pain, and right thumb pain because there is no evidence of a current diagnosis or functional limitation related to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of any chest, right arm, or right thumb condition and has not had one at any time during the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic chest pain, chronic right arm pain, chronic right thumb pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003665
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Decisions by this judge: 907 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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